tapping strings

[Ed Sutton]

Ron-
Well...maybe we should just be whackin' hard on the string in the center of
the bridge...not to seat the string, but to make a groove in the center of
the bridge to connect the expansion induced grooves at the edges, which
would now allow the string to seat itself.
Ed


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>From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: tapping strings
>Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2002, 3:42 PM
>

>>So why not put a gully or negative crown on the bridge to be sure there is
>>more bearing at the edges of the bridge?  [Patent applied for  :)]
>>
>>Ed
>
> Ed,
> It wouldn't surprise me if it hadn't already been patented. Julius, Jonas,
> or Theodore surely must have thought of it. It has been done, sort of, with
> bridge agraffes. With maple, it would weaken an already abused edge. So
> where's that composite when you need it?
>
> Ron N